The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-13 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The paragraph which was inserted in yesterday's Times relative to the attempts of Russia to raise recruits for the Canadian rebels, could surprise nobody but those who are in utter ignorance of the practices habitually resorted to by that scheming, restless, insidious, and unprincipled Power. In the East the machinations of Russia against the British Empire of Indostan had for many years been carried on in silence and by stealth. The British Government seemed not to dream of their existence. For a subsequent period they were prosecuted audaciously and without disguise ; but the British Government, well aware of them, affected that, ignorance which was no longer real. It is but within a few short months that the local authorities of Eng land east and west of the Punjaub have used the lan guage, or commenced the operations, which became a mighty Power--a Power more dreaded by Russia than any other on the face of the globe ; and the consequence is, what every man acquainted with the relative re sources of the two states, and with the conscious weakness of the Muscovite Emperor, when he compares his means with those of England—that, in the naval phrase, he has already " struck." Persia, his instrument, and destined victim, has withdrawn from an enterprise forced upon her by the representations of his Minister, which, under the semblance of besieging an Affghanistan city, was plainly meant for a stab at the vitals of our Indian empire, and the vicarious war which Russia has in that quarter instigated for our destruction has ended, for the present, in her signal disappointment and defeat. So, in that depraved and met series of outrages which Russia has long been perpetrating upon the f ree warr i ors o f Ci rcass i a, she has managed to combine with her offences against that braves people a succession of insults to the British flag, and to aggravate and evenom, both by a career of hateful tyranny over Turkey, and of domineering insolence towards all the Powers interested in the free navigation of the Euxine, which would at any time since the signature of the treaty of Unkiar 'Skelessi, so overwhelming to the Sultan, and to Great Britain so humiliating, have justified the States of southern and western Europe in declaring open war against the Russians. The attempt of Nicholas to seize upon the Danube, and to deprive Austria and England, as well as Turkey, of the trare,it of mer chandise by that noble stream, would in itself have been cause abundant to legalize a joint war against the com mon aggressor. The systematic and well-known mal practices of Russia, in stirring up the encroaching spirit of Mehemet Ali to measures the most harassing and insulting towards the P or t e , h ave a l one b een a suffi cient inication of the animus which directed the first named Power in what concerned the public peace and the well-being of the Turkish provinces of Asia Minor. From the frontiers of Hungary to the heart of Bur mah and Nepaul, from the eastward of the Ganges to the Nile and Danube, the Russian fiend has been haunt ing and troubling the human race, and diligently point ing his malignant frauds and perfidies to the vexation and disturbance of' this industrious and essentially pacific empire. England—slow, languid, and lo ng - su ff er i ng — a f ter an exercise o f p a ti ence which, by surrounding states, and by her own subjects, was deemed pusillanimous and ignoble, has at length apparently shaken off her deathlike sleep. She detected, seasonably, the treacherous conspiracy, framed and encouraged by the known agents of Russia, along the whole northern frontier of British India, em bracing Burmah on one extremity, on the other Cabul. The Russian Court was promptly made acquainted with this discovery. The Shah of Persia, in his camp before Herat, was threatened with the speedy ven geance of Great Britain, and the immediate passage of the Indus by a powerful British army was announced to him. Almost simultaneously with these vigorous de monstrations of English spirit and activity—effective, though late, from beyond the Caspian —came the intelli gence that treaties had been signed by England with Aus tria ; England and France with Turkey also ; and the lat ter, though reluctantly, acceded to by Mehemet Ali, whose system of monopoly it must, if fairly enforced, extinguish ; each of these instruments bearing, indeed, the inoffensive title of a " commercial" treaty, but involving political consequences of the most unmeasured magnitude. What, then, has been the demeanour of Russia under these se vere reverses in her diplomacy, and solid obstacles raised with the suddenness of exhalations to the march of her ag g ressive projects? Sh e b a d t h reatened much, and bullied much : her armies were " a million of men :" her " fleet had the Seraglio under its fire :" a Colossus— " she covered Europe and Asia at one stride." But now that she has been unmasked, and bearded, and set at defiance—nay, laughed at, what has she done ? Has her deportment been lofty ? Has her bearing been reso lute, and conformable to her previous boastings ? By no means. She has O'Connellized—otherwise, " cringed." She has disavowed, as we learn from Paris, one and all of the hostile designs imputed to her by the press and Go vernment of this country. Nicholas, the soldier million. naiTe— " Like some cow'd bully, droops his head, and sigbs.'- But another scene for the Macbiavelism of this rancorous and odious Power was presented by the French rebellion and Yankee pirate invasion of our North American pro vinces, which Russia would not suffer to lie idle. There has always been a sort of political coquettry carried on be. tween the United States and Russia, the bond and cement of their courtship being, of course, a common sent i ment of kindness towards Great Britain. We do not by any means affirm, for we have not evidence to prove, that Mr. Van Buren has bad a share in the tamperings of Russian agents with and i n f avour o f re b e l s against the Crown of England, or with foreign incendiaries and ma rauders upon her soil. There are proceedings which look like connivance, it is true, and we dare say that, if it could be brought about by any intrigues of Russian Consuls, Ministers, or less conspicuous agents, no effort would be wanting to the success of it. But this incident of an attempt to inveigle the poor Poles enjoying a refuge in this country, after being expatriated by Russia, into the trap which she has laid for them—of which the twofold object, as we stated yesterday, is to increase the insurrec tionary power in Canada, and to direct public obloquy against the cause of Poland here—throws no new light upon the character or schemes of Russia. She but labours in her villainous vocation. She is for the moment discom fitted, but not reformed. We must not be satisfied with having just checked and stopped her. She is no match for England, when the blood of England is once roused, and her musket shouldered, and her fleet at sea. But she must be watched incessantly. In the words of the very able pamphlet on the progress of Russia in the East— " England may be assured that Russia dreads her ;" but, presuming on the obvious reluctance of the English nation to risk a disturbance of the peace of Europe, and admir ably skilled in judging how far she may press upon that re luctance, she does and will continue to advance step by step, until patience is worn out, and indignation roused— then, and not till then, will Russia recede."—Times. The Tories are evidently in a woful predicament. The meeting of Parliament approaches, and it is therefore felt to be desirable that some definite understanding should be come to as to the course to be adopted by them relative to the differences between Lord Durham and the Ministry. But what that course ought to be, is the question which perplexes them. On this point they are divided into two sections ; not in consequence of any doubt as to the course of proceeding which justice and truth demand that they should pursue, but because they feel a difficulty in deciding what particular line of Parliamentary conduct promises to be most embarrassing, if not fatal, to the Melbourne Ad ministration. The Morning Post, as the organ of one of the two parties into which the faction is divided, proposes that Lord Durham should be at once thrown overboard, representing him as a person of too much political insigni ficance to be worthy of a moment's consideration. The Post comforts itself with the notion that the Ministry may be displaced by the Tories, without converting Lord Dur ham into an instrument for the purpose, and provided that grand obje c t b e on l y gained, the Post will be satisfied. The Tines, on the other hand, as the organ of the other section of the Conservativ e hosts, not sure i) about being able to eject the Melbourne Ministry mug-street with out the aid of Lord Durham and, therefore, has so with b that unparalleled profligacy for which e e n men no torious, it urges on " Conservative Peers anro g ent e l the propriety of makipg common cause with him • ofmba his dif ferences with the Cabinet. This is an instance of i n the case of the Times which could not be exceeded, and which has seldom been equalled even by that mendacious journal itself. Has it not, until the supposed interests of its party yesterday suggested another course, written in the most derogatory and even malevolent terms of Lord Durham, ever since his announced intention of re signing the Governor -Generalship of Canada ? Has it not since then, with scarcely the intermissio n of a single day, not only loaded him with . the m ost op _ probrious epithets, but even charged him with crimes against the State amounting to L.4tle short of hi g h treason ? And yet this journal, to , serve the purposes of the faction, yesterday has the effrontery and unmeasureds profligacy to turn round and represent him as a , m , an , w i whose side side the " Conservative Peers and Gentlemen oulgdi the espouse in the impending collision between him h at Ministry ! The force of baseness could no farther go. go For ourselves, we have not shrunk from a free and of fear less expression of our sentiments respectirg the conduct Lord Durham, in abdicating the Governor-Generalship of the Canadas at such a crisis as the present ; but we have now done with the subject until we see what vindication the Noble Earl will offer of his conduct on the re-assem bling of the Legislature.—Morning Advertiser. Sir Herbert Jenner has delivered his judgment in the Arches' Court upon the case of Mary Woolfrey and the tombstone in Carisbrooke churchyard, whereon were en graved, at her instigation, the words, " Pray for the soul of Richard Woolfrey—it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead." The object of the suit was to have Mary Woolfrey admonished and lawfully corrected in her manners and excesses, for having caused this inscripti on , contrary, as it w as a ll ege d, to t h articles of the Church of England, to be set up in Carisbrooke churchyard. Now, the 22d article of the Church is against purgatory and the invocation of saints. The Judge said that if the inscription was of the character attributed to it in the citation, namely, contrary to the articles of the Church, no person could have a right to erect such a tombstone, for it impugned the doctrines of the Church of England. But it was not the opinion of the Learned Judge that the article against purgatory was an article against praying for the dead. The point, he said, upon which the whole question turned was, whether the prayer for the dead was so connected with the Romish doctrine of purgatory as to be essentially and nece ssar ily i nc l u d e d i n i t . It might be true, and no doubt it was so, that the doctrine of purgatory included the practice of prayer for the dead, but it did not follow that the prayer for the dead was consistent only with the rites of the Romish Church. The Learned Judge cited various authorities to show that prayers for the dead had no necessary connection with the doctrine of purgatory, and that they could not have any such neces sary connection, because the practice of prayers for the dead existed long antecedent to the establishment of the doctrine of purgatory. The Learned Judge seemed, how ever, to admit, that though no prohibition of prayers for the dead existed among the authoritative rules of the Church, yet such prayers were discouraged. With regard to the offence of having erected the tombstone with ou t th e consen t o f the Incumbent, the Learned Judge said the question did not arise upon the face of the citation. It was certainly a punishable offence, but not being erought formally before the Court, could not be adjudicated upon. Finally the suit was dis missed, with costs against the promoter of it. Upon the whole view of the matter, as laid down by the Learned Judge, the proceeding in the Ecclesiastical Court seems to have been a most injudicious one, and the Learned Gen tleman who advised it has certainly no reason to congratu late himself upon the sagacity he displayed; on that occasion. The matter cited as an offence appears to have been no of fence at all, and the real offence appears to have been omit ted in the citation. Truly this was an ill-managed bu-i -ness. There is a very blundering account of this judgment in last evening's Cou,ier. A lamentation is made about the probability of Mrs. Woolfrey's being sent to prison for the costs of this suit, whereas the Learned Judge expressly decided the question of costs in her favour. The promoter of the suit will have to pay all.—Morning Post. The Court of Arches yesterday, in the case o f B rec k s v. Woolfrey, r escue d t h e - Church of England from a share of the bad odour in which the indiscreet zeal and intole rance of some of her sons have at last placed her. The ease has been dismissed with costs, a salutary warning ; for costs in an ecclesiastical suit are no trifle. It is but justice to the Rev. John Breeks to say that all accounts from the neighbourhood of Carisbrooke agree in stating that he is a venerable pluralist, quite satisfied with the share of the good things of this world which he possesses, and by no means naturally disposed to scan too curiously the inscrip tions which afflicted relatives place on the gravestones of the departed. The curate of Carisbrooke, who has the re putation of being a first-rate saint, first moved in this case, and it having been brought to the notice of the diocesan, the Bishop of Winchester, the poor old vicar was obliged to move in it. As the diocese of Winchester is one of the richest in the kingdom, we presume the Right Reverend Prelate will not suffer the costs to fall exclusively on the head of poor Mr. Breeks, the party legally responsible to Mrs. Woolfrey. However, we leave the Prelate, the Vicar, and the Curate of Canis brooke, to settle this affair as they best can. Sir Herbert Jenncr showed in the most satisfactory manner that though the doctrine of purgatory included the practice of praying for the dead, the converse of th e p ropos iti on did not h o ld, that prayers for the dead included the doctrine of purga tory. It was not enough to prove that the 22d canon of the Church of England condemned purgatory, it was neces sary to prove that either the 22d or some other canon pro hibited praying for the dead. Now, there is no prohibition in any of the canons of praying for the dead ; and, more over, it is sanctioned by the uninterrupted practice of the Church from the earliest period, long before the doctrine of purgatory was thought of. A sort of strained inference had been drawn from the character given of the Second Book of homilies in the thirty-fifth canon, that the practice of pray ing for the dead was useless, as not being founded on any scriptural warrant, that by implication that practice was condemned ; but it was shown by the Learned Judge that this by no means amounted to a condemnation of the practice as unlawful, but merely referred to it as of no avail in altering the condition in which a person was at the t'ine of his death. The history given by Sir Herbert Jenner of the variations in the service of the English Church with le:- spect to praying for the dead is curious. It appears that in consequence of the advantage attempted to le taken by the Romanists of the retaining of this custom by Reformers it was deemed advisable to discourage it, as having a ten dency to promote superstition. The Church of England, therefore, did not encourage but rather discouraged prayers for the dead, and had expunged them from the Liturgy, as being useless, but not as being unlawful. It is now, therefore, to be understood that praying for the dead is n o t a v i o l at i on of any of the c an o ns or ar ti c l s of the Church ; and as the greatest ornaments of that Church, Taylor and Barrow for instance, have followed the practice, as having been nearly coeval with Christianity itself; it may be supposed that here after there will be persons disposed to tread in the footsteps of these shining lights. It has been observed that the best mode to straighten a bent bough is to bend it as much the other way. The first Reformers, in consequence of abuses in the Catholic Church, were often led to discourage things not objectionable in themselves, which served as the foundation of these abuses. The practice of praying for the dead is so natural that mankind in all times are disposed towards it. In those parts of the country where the people are most religiously inclined nothing is so common as at wakes to pray for the departed. The persons so praying have not the slightest idea that they are yielding an assent to the doctrine of purgatory. Affection prompts them to intercede in behalf of the departed, as it would have prompted them to intercede for them during his or her life. A man may be reasoned out of the most natural feelings ; and the dread of encouraging Popery may repress the promptings of affection to intercede with the Almighty for a beloved relation. A better proof, however, cannot be afforded of the difficulty of repressing this natural tendency than the recommendation, lately noticed by us, of Baron Alderson to the murderer whom he was trying, to pray for the man whom he had forced into the presence of his Maker without time for preparation. We have not a doubt that Baron Alderson in this case held a language which he had often heard other Judges hold, and that a search into the annals of our Criminal Courts would furnish frequent in stances of similar addresses. So much for the case of the Vicar of Carisbrooke and Widow Woolfrey. The Church of England, we are often told, is the poor man's Church. It certainly is the Church to keep men poor by means of the extraordinary contrivances to which its clergy have re sorted for taxing their parishioners. A correspondent has supplied us with an instance of the working of our " poor man's Church," in which, if we knew' more of such matters, we might not find anything uncommon. The Church of Rome used to levy good round sums occa sionally for the affection of relatives for the departed ; but really, if we may judge from the letter of the Rev. Mr. Tomkyns, inserted in that of our correspondent, the Church of England has nothing to reproach her self in neglecting the lessons of her predecessors. Good God, to think what an engine the churchyard is in the hands of the clergy for extorting money ! How very fallacious must all the estimates of the revenues of the Church of England be when we see what enormous sums the clergy contrive to squeeze in this way from those who wish to honour the ashes of departed relations ! The widow of a poor blacksmith in a retired village pays, on the demand of the Rector, first 6/. 2s. for a brick grave, then 1/. 2s. for surplice fees, together 71. 4s. ; then an addi tional fee of 1/. 3s. 6d. for a head and foot stone ; but this is not all : a furthe r demand is made from her of 1/. 14s. 6d. as a fee for permission to cover in an arch over the grave ; but here her p a ti ence was ex h austed, on which the Reverend Doctor read her a most edifying lecture. " You were not obliged to have these things," says the man of God, " therefore there can be no appeal to me on the ground of charity to remit them. Any one might as well claim a silk gown at the price of a cotton one, because they may not be in affluent circumstances ;" and with a characteristic shrewdness he observes, " If I remit these fees, a precedent is urged by those well a bl e to pay t h em, that they are not always demanded." Dangerous precedent ! The widow paid the 1/. 3s. bd. for the head and foot stone, but still the fee for turning an arch over the grave of 1/. 14s. fid. remained, and withi n a week she is threatened with the Ecclesiastical Court 1 Perhaps, as we have said, the Rev. Mr. Tomkyns ihsasnocte trilt°airnel y rapacious than other Rectors, but merely pos sesses inultOrethsekeifsi sesses working in letter writing. Be this as it may, he supplied the uninstructed with a curious in sight of the poor man's Church. Our proofur correspondent o fthe advat Contempo rary sStandard will no doubt, with his usual dexterity, make the a e s most of the circumstances detailed by eaffording to the Upper Canadians a ment among them of the may derive from the establish- Rev. M u r rch of the metropolitan nation. vountisTomkyns they have the ad- In the letter of the and pence. Fo vantage made out in i r o e c i i g iff n e e r r o s, no t o oo t , o w th il i l orr p s ro o fi f t th g ia re vv at2eldsdhe illings 'is specimen of the rrantifested by the minis ters of Him who while on earth had not whereon to lay his head.—Mortzing Chronicle. MORE CLERICAL RAPACITY, TO TILE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sir,—Another widow and tombstone case has occurred, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1838. which, although it has not a shadow of Popery attached to it, serves to illustrate the but too general spirit of aersecution which appears to actuate the Clergy of our Established Church, and deserves to be placed' in the same niche as the transaction at Carisbrooke. A poor man, a blacksmith by trade, named Hinge, who resided in the quiet and retired village of Green- Ford, died after a lingering illness in the month of May last ; and his aged widow, taxing her limited means to the utmost to show all the respect in her power to the remains of the lamented partner of her days, ordered a )rick grave for him in the village church-yard. The fee demanded for the same by the Pector was 6/. 2s. ; and the surplice fees for the funeral, 1/. 25.. making 71. 45., which sum she willingly paid, and gave directions that a ,ead and foot stone should be placed to the grave, for which an additional fee of 11.35. 6d. was demanded, and o which the poor widow was also willing to submit ; but at the same time the Rector made a further demand of I/. 14s. 6d, as a fee for permission to cover in or arch over the grave. This l a tt er sum , h er p a ti ence as we l l as ter pockt being exh aus t e d, s h e o bj ec t e d to pay, con .idering, as did also every person she spoke to on the sub iect, that charge was included in the sum paid as fees for permission to make the grave, as above•mentioned. In •onsequence of this demur, the following elegant an d gen lemanly lette r was sent to t h e widow by the hands of Mr. Sayer, the clerk ; and one is really puzzled to determine whether the logic and orthography it contains, or the Christian spirit which dictated it, are most to be admired ; the public must judge for themselves : MONEY AND CITY NEWS. (FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.) TIMES.—The price of gold at Hamburgh is 436 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.101., and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.4, it follows that gold is 1.97 per cent. dearer at Ham burgh than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 8 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.35., and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.35, it follows that gold is the same price at Paris as in London, The course of exchange at New York on London is 110 per cent., and the par exchange between England and Ame rica being 109 23.40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.43 per cent in favour of England. The Funds continue with little variation, but business in them is very slack. The scarcity of money is still felt, as indeed usually occurs at this season of the year. CHRONICLE.—The operations to-day at the Stock Exchange have again been without any particular interest, and the prices are much the same as yesterday. Consols continue firm at 931- for the opening ; Three-and-Half per Cent. Reduced, 100-k to a ; Exchequer Bills, 645. to 665. prem. ; and Bank Stock, 4 2023 to 2033. Portuguese Securities are a little higher ; the Five per Cents. having left off at 29;1 to 30-1- ; and the Three per Cents. at 193-.'to. 20. This is the only change in foreign stocks. Spanish Active is 168 to ; Dutch Five per Cents., 1003- to i ; ditto Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 541 to 4 ; Belgian, 1001 to 1011 ; Brazilian, 764 to 771-; and Colombian, 26 to " Greenford, Sept. 12, 1838. " I understand you object to my customary fees, as set tled in the schedule of fees, for turning an arch over the grave (I/. 14s. 6d.), and for the head and font stone (1/. 3s. 6d.), making together 2/. 18s. If I remit these :ees a precedent is urged by those well able to pay them, that they are not always demanded, and all fees are by one become questionable. Birminghamßailway%hares continue at 77 to 79 prem.; ditto New, 231 to 24i prem. ; Southampton, 44 to 45 per share ; ditto New, 19 to 20 prem.; Great Western, 101- to 11 prem ; North Midland, 1 dis. to par ; Leeds and Manchester, 18 to 20 prem.; Gosport Junction, 2 to 3 prem.; Brighton, 3i to 3', 1 , dis.; Blackwall, 2i to 2k dis.; and Greenwich, 16 to 17 per share. The exportation of the precious metals from the port of London for the week ending Saturday List, the Bth inst., consisted according to the official returns, of 250 ounces of gold bars, which were sent to South Australia ; 228 ounces of gold coin forwarded to Hamburg ; and 3,341 ounces of silver coin, of which 2,001 ounces were shipped to South Australia, and 1,340 to the West Indies. " Those who are not able to pay them should (well knowing that these are fees) inquire first, and inform them ielves whether they are above what they can well pay ; but After the fee has been incurred, there is no justice in ob jecting to pay because they are higher than any one thinks they ought to be. I understand your argument is, that be cause you paid a fee for a brick grave, you concluded that 3ou might turn an arch over it without fee. The same argument would apply to putting a slab over the grave, which also is liable to a fee, although the fee has been paid for abrick grave. HERALD.—The French journal Le Commerce, in an able article on the state of French commerce, and the gene ral commercial relations of France with the other Euro pean States, maintains that the commerce of France has se riously diminished, and shows, by a comparison with the years 1836 and 1837, that the trade with Belgium is merely stationary, or rather has not improved ; that with England it has diminished seven per cent., with Switzerland 17 per cent., with Spain 23 per cent., and with Germany 27 per cent. The writer argues that the commerce of France has thus been compromised by her foreign policy, and blames the Government for not having more sedulously cultivated her foreign relations, particularly with Eng land and Belgium, as the two richest nations, which by consequence, present much greater resources for an active interchange of commercial relations, not withstanding the fetters of custom-house regulations, prohibitions, and protective duties. It is maintained that the revolution of July gave a new impulse to the commerce of France with England and Belgium, but that this new impulse, by the anti-liberal policy of the French Government, and her desire for a commercial alliance with the North, has been completely checked in its progress ; whilst the Ministerial Journals daily treat England as an enemy, and the Government are contemplating an increase in the duties upon the im portation of linen yarns ; on the other hand, though Bel gium is looked upon by the French Government as a por tion of her territory, still the products of that mock king dom are rejected by it. Thus we have it acknowledged that the truculent conduct of our free-trade theorists, who preside over the destinies of British commerce, by granting one-sided concessions to France, whilst it has nearly pros trated our foreign trade and home manufactures, in conse quence of the crooked policy of the French Government, has also tended to injure the trade of that country rather than to benefit it. The discontent of Belgium, in conse quence of the neglect by France of her products, it is anti cipated will drive her to join the Prussian league—a com mercial convention of exclusion by the petty States of Ger many, which has nearly as much injured the foreign com merce of France as it has that of Great Britain. This league or convention would never have existed if real statesmen had presided at the helm of this Government when it was first projected ; but, as it has once been tole rated by our imbeciles, it will require more energy and national integrity than they possess to obtain even a modification, or to prevent its re-ratification, most probably, with considerable extension, in the year 1840. But the coming year.(lB39) will be a busy and a trying one for the present Ministry, if they remain in power, and an arduous one for their successors ; it promises to be a year that will long hold a conspicuous place in the calends of Whiggism. It is further stated that this baneful Prus sian league is the cause of the reduction of the French commerce with Germany to the amount of 27 per cent., or rather more than one-fourth part of its former amount ; whilst, on the contrary, Holland, by its means, has pro portionably extended its commerce with that great portion of central Europe. The exports from Rotterdam for Ger many, which, in 1835, were only 40,000 tons, in 1837 amounted to 50,000 tons, which shows an increase of one fourth in that portion of Dutch foreign commerce. We must, however, dismiss our notice of this article, which must be interesting to our commercial readers, by saying that we agree with the writer, who concludes his remarks by maintaining that if France (he might have added Eng land) had pursued a different policy towards Spain, and had endeavoured to put an end to the civil war which still distracts and weakens the resources of that kingdom, she would have been rewarded by the revival of her trade, and the improved chance that the creditors of Spain would then have of being paid. The commercial letters which have been received here from Hamburg, and others of the Hanseatic cities, gene rally accord in the fact that a great many English mercan tile bills are in those markets, and, as the Baltic ports are on the eve of being closed, it is supposed that a great por tion of thi s paper h as b een d rawn against purchases of fo reign corn under contract for shipment to this country in the spring. Considerable amounts of this paper have been remitted here lately for conversion, partly for bills on the Continent, but the greater portion, as they fall due, to be remitted in bullion, which accounts in a great degree for the renewed demand for money, and the daily gradual ex portation of the precious metals, which, it is anticipated by some parti es , w ill s h ort l y b r i ng a b out some new operation on the part of the Bank of England. " You were not obliged to have these things, therefore there can be no appeal to me on the ground of charity to remit them. Any one might as well claim a silk gown at the price of a cotton one, because she may not be in affluent circumstances. My order to Mr. Sayer was, what is the practice at all churches—to demand the fee of the workmen before they began. By his not obeying my or ders, I am put to the trouble of applying to you, and ar guing for my due ; and he is to have his time employed in getting the money, which at the time should have imme diately been paid. " I am your obedient servant, " To Mrs. Hinge. " J. TOMKYNS." Mr. Sayer, the Clerk was sent several times to the widow, by the rector, to demand the money ; but although threatened with ecclesiastical proceedings, she, consider inn- the charge an imposition, steadfastly refused to pay. Mr. Sayer, however, called on her on the 4th instant, and told her he then thought that if she paid the 11.33.6 d. fee for the head and foot stone, it was probable no further demand would be made for covering- the grave ; and she, under that idea paid him that sum, and got his receipt for the same. But mark the result ; three days after, viz., on the 7th instant, she received by post a letter from Messrs. Crickett and Son, proctors of Doctors'-commons, threatening her, on behalf of the Rev. Mr. Tomkyns, with all the thunder of the Ecclesiastical Court, unless the remaining fee was paid within one week from the date thereof. This fact speaks volumes for the benevolent character of the worthy Rector of the rich living of Greenford. It may not be amiss to state the fact, that while poor Hinge lay on his death-bed he was anxious to have the sacrament administered to him, and sent on the Tuesday to the rectory, humbly to request the Reverend gentleman woulii attend for the purpose ; but not seeing or hearing anything of him up to Saturday, and the poor man still sinking, another message was sent, when an answer was returned that the Rector had been from home, and that he just then was going out to dinner; but f the man was alive the next day, he would go and administer it, which he accordingly did. These, facts, Mr. Editor, need no com ment. S. December 12, 1838. MR. PLUMER WARD'S NEW WORK.—We are requested to state that the new work entitled, " Pictures of the World, at Home and Abroad," by the author of " Tre maine," " De Vere," " Human Life," exc., in 3 vols. post Svo., was published this day, by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, and may now be had at all the libra ries. Mr. Colburn has also just published the following new works of fiction :-1. " The Only Daughter," a do mestic story, edited by the author of " The Subaltern," 3 vols.-2. " Gurney Married," a sequel to " Gilbert Gur ney," by Theodore Hook, Esq., 3 vols.-3. " Jack Adams, the Mutineer, by Capt. Frederick Chamier, R.N., 3 vols, —l." Ella ; or, the Emperor's Son," by the Hon. Mrs. Lambert, 3 vols.—and 5. "Duty and Inclination," edited by Miss Landon, 3 vols. The Hull Packet says, that " at a meetin9; of the Birmingham Political Union, held in the Town-hall of that town, on the 28th ultimo, a resolution for ionnediate blood shed, prepared by Feargus O'Connor, was triumphantly carried." Our Contemporary is misinformed. Feargus O'Connor's original resolution (which, though it asserted the right of the people to arm, and was violent and foolish, did not recommend " immediate bloodshed") was withdrawn. Feargus himself succumbed to the leaders of the Union, and actually submitted to propose himself a resolution con demnatory of that he at first proposed. This very harmless resolution is the one that was triumphantly carried. The fact is exactly the reverse of that stated by the Packet.— Hull Observer. SUDDEN DISCHARGE OF CLOUDS, AND THE Loss or FOURZEEN LIVES.—At Blaenavon, on Wednes day, the 28th ult., - after two days' incessant rain, following a heavy snow of the same duration, about mid-day the sky was suddenly darkened by an accumulation of dense clouds, upon Blaenavon and along the Coity, in the direction of the Varteg, when an immediate discharge occurred, which inundated the works, and almost filled the valley, causing an instantaneous rise in the river (already greatly swollen) of many feet additional, and bursting over an embankment which pr o te c t e d th e mout h o f an o l d level, l ea ding to the deep coal and mine works of the Blaenavon Company. Messengers were dispatched to the different workings, and the miners and colliers, to the extent of many hun dreds, immediately came out. Every effort to divert and check the torrent was most energetically made, which, from the numerous workmen in the employment of the Compa n y, an d t h e a l most i mmediate cessation of t h e rain, was accomplished in a few hours ; but, melancholy to re late, not before some of the very distant headings (and one which bas for years been worked, dipping with the mea sures) wer e fill e d w i th water. In this, there is no doubt, fourteen lives ar e l os t. Th e d amage to the wor k s is trifling. The pumping, which alone can enable these un fortunate workmen to be reached, has been urged with every possible speed, and every means of drawing water adopted, yet it will be several days or a week before their bodies can be obtained. The number missing consists of eleven men, seven of whom are unmarried, two girls, and one boy ! It is to be feared that a part of these have lost their lives from not feeling sufficiently alarmed to leave with the same rapidity as their fellow miners. One, an old man, returned to fetch his lanthorn, and was not seen afterwards I Another, and the most distant, vie are told by a man who worked the next stall, replied that he would not leave his son behind, and both are missing! We hear of the flood being so sudden at the Varteg, on the other side of the hill, that three young people were drowned in a house near the river ; and, from the violence Of the storm, we expect other serious disasters have oc curred. Residents of forty years' duration speak of the water pouring down the face of the mounta i n in quantity and rapidity surpassing anything know n on the hill s ; t h ey describe it, from its foam and volume, like rolling packs of wool.—Montitouthshire Beacon. OST.—The Commissioners again purchased a small amount of Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities this morn ing on behalf of the Savings' Banks, for which the former price of 93 was given ; there was otherwise an almost total absence of business in both markets. The warlike pre parations said to be making at Brussels are probably con- sidered by our speculators nothing more than idle pretence on the part of the Belgian Government, as the details given upon the subject in the French and Flanders Papers have had no effect whatever on prices ; indeed, a duller day than this at the Stock Exchange has seldom been ex perienced. ADELPHI THEATRE.—On Monday night Mr. Rice, the American comedian, re-appeared at this theatre in all the glories of Jim Crow. He was three times en cored in the never-ending song, with its saltatory refrain, each encore being as much of a repetition as the celebrated Irish echo at Killarney—" How do you do, Paddy Blake?" —Echo : " Arrah, very well, I thank you." Jim Crow should not be surprised at such compliments of his audience, when he seems always to leave the sequel of his story to be told on encore. Some allusions to the present state of things in Canada, and to Lord Durham, made in this satur nalias effusion, were particularly relished in the house. On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held at the Court-room, Bartholomew-close, on the body of Lionel Grieves, lately employed as foreman of the men who are at work among the ruins of the Royal Exchange. It appears that on Saturday last deceased and two other men were busy in taking down a portion of the wall near the southern Deceased was st an di ng upon one of the grand entry. small arches near that entry, and the whole thr ee o f t h em were occ upied in lowering a stone of ab ou t th ree h undred weight. Deceased held a rope which was tied round the stone, and the other men, who stood three yards beneath the deceased, had hold of the stone with their hands. De ceased was standing upon a loose stone of the arch, and, this he fell to the di stance of twelve feet. stone giving way, Unfortunately he did not let go the rope which was tied round the stone they were lowering, an d i t f e ll upon his hip and side as he lay on the ground. A witness said he had spoken to deceased since the accident, and he attributed no blame to any body. Mr. John Steven, house. surgeon, said deceased died of an extensive fracture of the ribs on both s id es , and of rupture of the adjoining arteries. He survived his admission into the hospital but four hours. Verdict— " Accidental Death." An inquest was held on Tuesday at Horsleydovrn, and adjourned, on the body of a female, name unknown, found in the River in that neighbourhood. The deceased appeared to be about 25 years of age, about five feet four inches in height, pock-marked, and was dressed in a half mourning gown, black shawl, and brown silk bonnet, white stockings, and boots laced at the side, and a black stuff apron, the whole of which are in good condition. There is every reason to believe the deceased is most respectably connected. The agitation which has been so succes s f u l i n t h e case of the linendrapers' "assistants" —servant s is too vul gar a term for such fine gentlemen —seems likely to be only the " precursor" of a much more extend e d system o f speechifying and resolutions-passing. Alr ea d y h ave the chemist s an d d rugg i s ts, tho boot-makers, and the shoe menders in part emancipated their" assistants," and a cor respondent informs us dint the young gentlemen hairdressers and hatters are about to prefer a request to their employers that they be allowed to devote some tvvo or three h ours o f an evening to the furnishing of the interior of their own heads, instead of ass:sting - to decorate the exterior of their customers' crania.—Morning Post. We understand that the parties in this town who lost their money on Harkaway, for the Moston mile, have honourably met all their engagements. It is said that a celebrated Yorkshire jockey and trainer is minus upwards of 8001., in consequence of the owner of Harkaway not ob taining a nomination for his horse.—Liverpool Chronicle. On Tuesday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, a dreadful accident occurred to James Heatherly, a wag .. goner in the employ of Messrs. Blackburn and Miller, warehousemen, at Paddington. The unfortunate man, who had been imprudently riding on the shafts of the tvaggon, fell off, and the wheels went over his legs, which were frightfully fractured. He was removed to the hospital, LA W:IN TELLIGEN GE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dzc. 12. EDWARDS V. PERRY AND WIFE. Mr. KELLY stated that this was an action brought to recover the sum of 25/. 175., claimed to be due to the plaintiff. The plaintiff was the proprietor of the Golden Cross, Charing-cross, and the defendant an officer in the army. Sometime in 1834 the lady, who was now Captain Perry's wife, resided in Jermyn-street, and took a farcy to a mare that belonged to the plaintiff. She had the mare taken to the stables of a Mr. Allen, who kept a riding school, and where she was accustomed to go to take ridinr , lessons ; and s h e ro d e out on t h e mare, accom panied by Mr. Allen, who went with her for the pur pose of safety. On her return from the ride she ex pressed herself very much pleased with the mare, and determined on purchasing it. She did so, and the price she agreed to give was 401. The mare was shown to her at Mr. Allen's'stahles, which were near her residence. Some time afterwards she removed to Stamford -street, Black friars, and wished the mare to be taken to stables in that street, but Mr. Allen refused to give it up until his claims for stabling and lessons were satisfied. These amounted to 5/. 175., and Miss Rivers induced the plain tiff to advance the money for her. A Mr. Ball, who was the plaintiff's brother-in-law, had a demand against her. which he was at last obliged to enforce by action. He had previously acted in several little matters of business on her behalf, and among other thing she had paid to the plaintiff the sum of 20/., in part payment of the price of the mare. He did not at the time take a receipt, but some time after wards be gave her one, in which he appeared to have ex pressed himself erroneously. It was not unworthy of no tice that when they afterwards differed on the subject of their accounts, the lady thought fit to institute proceedings against him at the Stamp-office for having given an un stamped receipt. Mr. Ball sent into the Stamp-office a plain statement of the whole facts of the case, and the authorities at the Stamp-office seeing that there had been nothing like an attempt to defraud the revenue, had very properly stopped the proceedings. The claim of the plain tiff for his balance of account still remained unsatisfied ; the lady married, and the plaintiff had been obliged to bring the present action against her, and to join the husband for the sake of conformity. . Mr. PRICE addressed the Jury for the defendant, but The Jury, not thinking the defence established, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, DEC. 12. James Jenncry, a stock-jobber, was opposed by Mr. WOODROFFE, on the part of Mr. May, a warehouseman, in Cateaton-street, and Mr. Aaron, pawnbroker, residing in Whitechapel. In this case the insolvency was ascribed to speculation in Spanish Bonds. The losses of the insolvent had been very large, his debts, in the aggregate, were 3,6001., of which sum he had, he alleged, received no consideration for 2,3351., arising on " time bargains." The bona fide debts were 1,3241. On the other side appeared the sum of 9801., and a quantity of furniture had been given up to the Court. The complaint on the part of the opposing creditors was, that their debts had been incurred without reasonable or probable means of payment. The insolvent had been a clerk in the establishment of Messrs. Ladbroke, the bankers. He left his situation in 1834, when possessed of nearly 4,0001., part of which sum he had made by speculations in the funds ; he then speculated largely, and had lost all his money, and bad got into debt to a considerable sum. He said in May, 1835, the Spanish Bonds experienced a tre mendous fall, and he never recovered himself. The COURT held that the debts had been incurred at a time when the insolvent had no reasonable means of paying them. .He was adjudged to an imprisonment of seven calendar months. The insolv( nt, who was out on bail, was given into cus• ,ody.—The Court rose until Friday. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Patrick Nolan, 29, was indioted for stealing two loaves of bread, the property of David Allan. Prisoner—l'm not guilty—l only took the loaves— (Laughter.) Indeed, that's thrue. Clerk of Arraigns—How say you, Patrick Nolan, guilty or not guilty. Prisoner—Ah ! how say you ? Oh, then I am guilty plase your honour's worship. CHAIRMAN—What have you to say in mitigation of punishment ? Prisoner—Oh, my Lord, I'm one of the unfortunate in dividuals.who went out to Spain to fight for Gineral Ivvins! Punishment I arrah, I had enough of it there, and so I have since. I'd been 24 hours without food, and was staggering with hunger when I saw the baker's basket on the street pavement, and I took the loaf. CHAIRMAN—But you took two 7 Prisoner—Yes, my Lord, but they were sticking toge ther ! I only intended to take one, but the other corned up with it. I took them in the eyes of everybody, but I could not help it ; the hunger did it. CHAIRMAN—IIow do you get your living ? Prisoner—By selling children's books (producing a bun dle), but I can't sell enough to support me. The CHAIRMAN sentenced the convict to four months' imprisonment and hard labour (four weeks solitary), and observed that the idle spectators who attended that Court should understand that the sentence just passed was the lowest, and not the highest, that was adjudged for such offences. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HA7'TON-GARDEN. Ann Callaghan, a poor woman with two children, one of whom was at her breast, was brought before Mr. BURRELL, charged by Duncan Campbell, Esq.,_ with begging. The prosecut or s t a t e d that yesterday afternoon the pri soner accosted him in Great Coram-street, Russell-square, and requested alms. The apparently forlorn situation of herself and children excited his sympathy, and he ques tioned her, when she stated that she was in great distress ; she had not tasted food for a considerable time, and she did not know what to do ; she had applied to the overseers of St. Giles's parish, who refused to relieve her, but offered to pass her to Ireland ; but if she was sent to Ireland, where she had no friends, she must starve, and her husband or herself could get no work. Air. BURRELL—What did you bring her here for? Mr. Campbell—l apprehended her for begging, in which I was justified by the law, in order that she and her family might be immediately relieved. I am one of the Committee for the Institution for the Relief of the Houseless Poor, and I think this is a case worthy compassion. Mr. BURRELL complimented Mr. Campbell, and ordered an officer to take her and the children to the Mendicity Society, in order that she might receive immediate relief, and she left the office followed by Mr. Campbell. M ARLBOROUGH -STREET. George Davis was brought before Mr. DYER charged on suspicion of having stolen a valuable gold watch and appendages. The prisoner was remanded for a few days. The man named Elliot, whose name was much bruited about recently, as connected with a raffish duel, in which he killed a person named Mirfin, has been pursuing the same practices at Boulogne, which made it convenient for him to seleet that town as a place of refuge. A few days ago he was playing at billiards with a French gen tleman, when a difference of opinion arose as to a point of the game, and not being able to convince his parti of his error, he immediately assumed the demeanour and tone of the Piccadilly Saloon, and blusteringly asked the gentleman "if he knew who he was." " Yes," replied the latter, " I am acquainted with your history—and I know you to have been the principal in an affair disgraceful to morality and offensive to decent manners." Mr. Elliot became very angry at this reply, and threatened unutterable things about annihilation and a recourse to arms, when the other person asked him to await his return, and he would convince him of his error. In about five minutes he came back with the Commissary of Police and four gendarmes, and told Mr. Elliot that if he did not conduct himself with propriety during his stay at Boulogne, and abstain from exciting brawls, the officers would be instructed to escort him to Dover, and give notice beforehand of their coming to the English police. Mr. Elliot was not aware that his opponent was a son of the Prefect of the department of the Pas de Calais.—Sunderland Herald. On Tuesday morning, as the Rev. Dr. Goodall, Pro vost of Eton, was riding up High-street, Windsor, his horse, frighten e d by a company of Guards, which were going to relieve, suddenly started off at full speed, and be fore his servant could overtake him, threw the Rev. Gen tleman off, at the corner of George-street, nearly opposite the White Hart Hotel. He was immediately taken into the house, and medical assistance instantly procured, when it was found, we are happy to say, that the Rev. Gentleman had sustained no other injury than being stunned by the fail. WONDERFUL the Lancashire Chronicle it is stated as a " singular circumstance," that as a Mr. Longton was out shooting, at Hornby, on Monday last, be was greatly su r p r i se d, by coming upon two hares, each with two heads and six feet, He took aim, and was fortunate in shooting one of these remarkable animals, which is now, we understand, lying at Mr. Abbott's, Hatter's Arms, Bridge_ lane, where it may be seen by the curious. On Tuesday morning, about ten o'clock, a gentleman named Munday was proceeding in a cab down Holborn hill, when the horse stumblel and lie was pitched out and.fell with great violence on his face. He Was re moved to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and was found to have dislocated his right shoulder and to have sustained a violent concussion of the brain. He is considered to b e in a dangerous state. Per Ton. . ... Adair's l9 9 Ch , ster Main East Percy H dytvell Main Lease's Main l7 6 ' rd's Iledhurrh south Hartley.. Willlngton Wylam .. ..12 6 Walls End Killinovorth ...... 22 6 Walls End Nerivmarch 2l 3 Walls End Northumberland 2l 6 Walls End Perkins %.l 6 Ships arrived sineel COUNTRY CORN MARKI Wheat. Bar; Per Quarter. e,%.bingdon—,--,—., a. to S. 38 S. to S. S. to S. S. to S. 64 80 30 34 22 30 74 82 29 31 25 63 80 30 40 16 22 73 80 32 36 26 30 64 81 S 7 32 20 25 65 80 26 30 26 30 68 81 128 35 20 3() 72 P 4 26 32 23 26 63 88 26 32 22 29 tit 70 32 42 28 34 63 73 24 36 20 26 64 74 32 34 22 29 64 75 25 35 20 27 61 74 30 34 20 28 63 '75 33 40 28 32 63 71 28 36 20 24 81 35 22 32 70 74 28 32 17 28 63 72 24 34 20 25 67 70 27 34 22 26 76 21 22 63 70 32 36 30 32 CHELTENHAM MARKET! s. a. nr s. d. Pet 8 9 10 6 1 Beef 3 9 4 9 Mutton 29 40 Veal 4 6 5 9 Pork 4 - 1/ 5 6 Lamls - 31.103. to 41. 4s. 15d. per ton. HULL MARKET.—Dec. 11. 76 ' 4 Wheat,• Old 63s 765. 803. New 6Bs. 70s -- Foreign Oats, Poland Small or Feed.... —s. 17s. 185 Foreign s —s. —s Barley, Norf. & Suf. 3os 325. 335. Linc. & Wold 0' 3 33 Foreign - - 1 8 Beans 36s 385. 425. Fore i gn Pease, White. ... 36s G 26 38s. 40s. rey Tares,..... 363. 41s. 423 Foreign —5 5563. , 303 Rapese. In bond n0ne.......... Free, per last 281. Os. a. Ando - ver dirmingliam-- Bridport Cirencester Guildford Hereford Highwarth Mai4enhead /Leading 372 . 40 11 " 4 44 3t 40 3 42 41 46 .... 42 Btlisbury Southampton Stroud 'Tewkesbury nniniter Windsor-- 33 4 36 4 0 .... 5 Per Bushel. Wheat ,. earley Oats Beans cease d. V d 9 6 i 9 8 7 0 8 0 EAST INDIA SHIPPING. On Saturday evening an inquest was held in G ra of Inn on the body of Edward Wright, tsq . ba rristert eri Verulam-b u ildi ngs , G ray ' s I nn - square, w h o ex pired t he suddenly on the p rev i ous morn i ng. I t appeare d fre t° , of evidence that th e d ecease d, w h o was a b out fifty 3 70 7, 0 r age, was sitting at b rea kf ast , an d h a d j ust ta k e n UP 8 , 1 , ) ,:i 0 re paper, when he sudd en ly fel back in his chair, and I " - JP medical assistanc e cou ld b e o b ta i ne d lif e was e xtinct. 0 0 had been suffering f rom gout an d r h eumat i s m for s ame time, but had been in better health and spirits on the vious day th an f or some mont h s previously. Ver"-rie. " Died by the visitation of God." Deceased wasunnor s o ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON 1 ) 0 BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.--We learn that the trai° ig , l lol left Birmingham at half-past seven o'clock on S&tn' t bo morning met with a serious accident soon after leaving by Harrow station, from the bursting of the engine - PiP e ' which it was unable to proceed on its journey for a derable peri o d. Th e eng i ne w hi c h ha d sustained 0%0 jury proceeded as well as it could to town, with the ',rd of procuring another, and th e tra i n was l e f t on the rat Do t until the next arrival from Birmingham, w hich wet s o until half-past o ne o ' c l oc k, a . m . F or h alf a m i le, i t °P P: the train had b een o ff th e trams, an d , as was found 'l4 spection during the d e l a y, l arge p i eces o f the iron `:ers were broken off th e e d ges o f th e trams. The passPf';oir were in great const e rn a ti on , an d expecte d , f ro m th e 011 tact of some other trai ns , th a t th ey s h ou ld be 50 ' 0 0 injured. Happily, however, from the arrival of the teal mentioned above, their f ears were t o a considerable Oho allayed ; fo r , no t w ith s t an di ng t h e di sagreea bl e mode li fro ol was adopted—namely, that of propelling the train d i e ft which the engine had been detached, and which e's , bill' it for town in a dil a pid a t e d s t ate — t h ey arr i v ed Euston-square between three and four o'clock. olv A HANDSOME DIVIDEND.--A Brighton spot proprietor has inserted, in the Herald, the following o oi very intelligible notice to his creditors One th .7 .. ./1 shillings in th e £ w ill b e pa id to all the cre di to rs of- 04 amounting to 101. and upwards, and all debts un der will be paid 20s. in th e X." O- Y'eEdav " 0 isce.;,i in ueeday evening an explosion of gas took P I 4 ',0 .he Crooked Billet public-house , Portugal-street , Lir. )c to - I . nn-fields. Mr. Smith, the landlord, was proceedar he light his gas on the first floor, when on opening the d i !olf was suddenly repulsed by the explosion within, which b a t e' pletely ripped the plaster from the laths and laid 60 1 , ro eu Many of the w i n d ows were broken, and the report altitirf the neighbours. Happily for the inmates no further was sustained. FLAT GOLD WATCHES, NINE 1-1 .1. 11 —,- to k , watch EACH.—Some fi ne h or i zonta l flat Gold Wa i s t c oat ds , sf t e jewelled in four holes, silver dials, hand to mark the gl, Sr double-back to the cases , warrante d to perform coffee"' Guineas each ; or with gold dials, Ten Guineas each. A. B. SAVORY an d SONS, 144 ° Watchmakers, No. 9, Cornhill, London, opposite the England. A QUANTITY OF SECOND-HAND frosm—S•Si. v, ' 4 1 . - SPOONS and FORKS are o ff ere d f or S a l e, price • b to 6s. 9d. per oun ce , a t T . COX SAVORY'S, G o ldselit ch ' u rcP' versmith, &e., 47, Cornhill (Seven doors from Gr ace street), London. BIRTHS. -------- olg° At Copenhagen, on the 2 4ththe lady of the R ev ' di le° Stevenson, Ellis, M.A., Ch ap l a i n to the British Mission el l 004 dents, of a d aug ht er . ° On the 10th i ns t ., at M agdalen-row, Prescott - s treet , ; man's-fields, the lady of Andrew Cohen, Esq., of a see- F i e ld, e On the 10th inst., at Clapham-comm on , Mrs. Georg e o f a daught er . the In Kepp e l- s t ree t, R usse ll -square, on the 11th i ns t., , • Fitzowen Skinner, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son. Doct sro On the 11th i ns t. ; M rs . Hudson, of ' Bennet's-hill, I , commons, of a son. of the Se On the 9th i ns t., a t Ki nwarton R ectory, t h e wife o f 11. Seymour, o f a son . WV In Shand w i c k-pl ace , Edi n b urgh, on the Bt h inst., the David Robertso n , E sq. , o f a son. ~..... Ref' MARRIED. Rice Robert Hughs, Rector of Newborouh, On the sth inst., at Llangrisliolus Church, Anglesq, tile-cona sun of the late Sir William Bulkeley Hughes, of Plascot, t ° e 0 lotte, second daughter of the late Very • my Rev. John AngleSe a l_ OW w a rrett , V; of Bangor. On the 10th inst., at Rumsey, Essex, the Rev. mester, ALA., Rector of Little Oakley Essex, to Arab ~e 1„ 17 in tb (laughter of Nathaniel Garland, E - ' • h 1 tow 11 G" ' .„ sq., of Mic ae s Wil lis ' same county, and of Woodcote-grove, Surrey. On the 10th inst., at Stoke Damarel, Devon, Oliver Lang, Esq., to Louisa, eldest daughter of Thomas Briggg'Wilih; On the 11th inst., at the Chapel of the French Ern bass ' 'of t '" aug hter Lonergan, Esq., of Cadiz, to Jane 3 second d lary, Pg . ' late Robert Butler, Esq. in, Rho On the 11th inst., at Richmond, Surrey, Edwin M art i a •or 2Sth Regiment Madras Native Infantry, third son of kil q_ .___ .... ." Martin, to Mary Anne, daughter of the late F. Aieldn• • I ' Gel eidee ,‘ Of DIED, On the 23d ult., at Boulogn e - sur - . M er. Liverpool-street, King's-cross, former] aged 39. 39. y o f VW e 4th inst., at Geneva, Ed warc e l only f re son At Brighton, on the 4th inst ne a a g r edl7,_OlY_r a P. ia Mar ia, 0011 Rogers, Esq., of Stanage Park, Ludlow. o f child of the late Burton Rland, ' Esci of Waterford. late At Bath, on the 9th inst., Henry .. N ' orcott Ward, r' s q" A t h g e o. l2 .,s i , d t g li,r e e, , fa •;: ) u tth ss d e ai x n . usgth. Church, Swallow. gal L am beth' scot° stre , teet a r. t 0 1% f li t l h to e n R C e o v t . tag D e r , .S i o 3 u ro tl v i m, At ' oodmansterne S9th Bart., of Hill Hall and Horham Hall, Essex, and Attleburg thr Norfolk, Commander R. N , aged 57. o be On the 9th inst. in Gerrard-streetl "4 °I , Soho, age( relict • , o dor urrey, on the inst, Sir John II psi► P of Giles Wac ' elin,ir late of Silver-street. Ephrailn • Ij On the 9th inst., in Cavendish-place, Brighton, Esq, abed 76. 0 4. be ° aged 85. SteP At eadogan-place, Mary, relict of the late John Turtono John On the 9th inst., in Rodney-street, Pentonville, of Barandon, Esq., aged 6'2. On the 9th inst., in Trinity-square, Mr. William Tower-street. of thesoloit of I'l°' London: Printed and Publi s h e d by 31URDO Es tF 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand,* IP of bEddleseK.—Thursday, December 13, 1881. on Arrival.—The King William, ;Thomas, from Bombayod Penzance, for Lond on , sa il e d J u ly 23, fr o m th e C a pe of L" H Arrivals at China (previous to the 21st).—Tbn v o l ; Younghusband. a n d J o h n B u ll, O rmon d, f rom Liver Fort William, Melville, and St aluby Castle, Morgan , j). Bombay and Singapore; Mary Ann Webb, Lloyd, fr °lli b t ott, verpool and Calc u tt a ; B roo kl yn , f rom V a l para i so; Lee ' Hart, from Manilla. Departure from China.—The Red Rover, Patterson' d a re 21, for London; Parfield, Jacob, and Selina, Luckie, chartered for London. Freight 5/. and Si.los. , front Arrivals at B a t av i a .—Th e Si r i us, H ug h es, Aug- ` l ' Fac- Bourbon ; Diamond, Besset, Aug. 6, from Samarang; t he tory, Jansee, Aug. 9; General Chasse, Halkerna, Neerlands ; K on i ng , S e h aap , I. C . S . ; V an S peY k' w 19, from Sourab a y a , N ewen b erg, B atav i er, Scharper , Aug' and Vlashandil Nil, all from Rotterdam. A „ f . 6, Departure from Batavia.—The Potomac, White , ""P for Samarang. r ° 3 f Arrival in the Loi re .—Th e B rave, L esgran d, Dec. Bourbon. 16, Arrival at Boston.--The William Grey, Bartol, 14 ° / ' from Calcutta. Ships Spoken With.—The Caroline, Woodin, fr?,, t ,b/ don for Hoba r t T own , O ct . 12, i n l at. 8., l ong. 23' "" the Clutha, arrived in the Clyde ; Friends, Arnold, fr ° v i v it ei t. verpool to Singapore, Sept. 30. in lat. 31., long. 20. B ens" Passengers per B ussora h M erc h ant, Moncrieff, fro. Ce p, —William Crawford, Esq., B. C. S. ; Mrs. Thorn hill, t , tain Thornhill, and two child ren , M r . S a ff ray a nd tWO , pean servants. rHE MARKETS. est•H etton ;in - .., .............. 35 G THE Bean , KE e.--Dec. 12. r. .a 0 i ° 4 Endk.FYididenlr's ............ 4 Walls i,nd Netton ............... Wilk End ...... 6 .I+l.l ...... .'walls End Stewar-'s.. ....... . 23 6 Walls End Whitwell ............ Walls Eno? Hartlepool .......... Witll; End Ad,laida ............0 Wad,. End Gordon ............... 23 ; Walls End 7 enr; ..... ..•- ' ll 0 Walls.Er)d Wi Walls En,! Elg Park Gate Stes Blythe ast market-day, ...... . 11 7 .......... 11 0 5. to 5. --.... /, .... e - , - _ ..... o: - k - , 31 ... 1 1 - , 85 , - , -‘ 4g - 0 33 - ... ,i - " COAL ;VI A R ,TS DURIN Gatt.